Tag: Europe

France announced on Monday that it would not be ratifying its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the city.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally, two countries – Russia and India – have announced that they will begin mass producing vaccines in advance to prepare stockpiles that ...

The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions related to cybercrime on individuals and entities, including Russian military agents, North Korean firms and Chinese cyberspies allegedly involved in attacks worldwide.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with British officials on Tuesday as geopolitical tensions continued to rise between Western nations and China.

China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming, gave an interview with the BBC on Sunday to defend Beijing against accusations by British officials of “gross and egregious” treatment of ...

On July 14, a study published in The Lancet medical journal revealed that global fertility rates and population growth were both expected to drop by 2100. The study, funded by ...

In an effort to support the diversification of supply chains and reduce dependence on China, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry unveiled a new plan on Friday to provide ...

In June 2019, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands announced it would restrict new job vacancies to women in an attempt to balance out the staff’s gender disparities over ...

On Tuesday, July 7, the state of New York imposed a US$150 million fee on Deutsche Bank, based in Frankfurt, Germany, for dealings it had with the now-deceased convicted sex ...

Despite the continued impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, especially in places like the United States, Brazil and Russia, global airline companies are looking to restart operations, albeit with caveats.

In mid-May, with cases of COVID-19 steadily declining, Spain was among a number of countries that began a phased approach to ending its lockdown. Through an abundance of caution, which ...

Wednesday, July 1, was the last day of a week-long voting period in which Russians reportedly approved multiple amendments to their constitution. Among the controversial changes proposed by President Vladimir ...

On Tuesday, scientists at the University of Oxford had a “major breakthrough” in clinical trials for a COVID-19 treatment. Researchers have found evidence that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available ...

On Sunday, Russia reported an additional 153 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) bringing the total number of fatalities to 3,541. The additional 153 deaths mark ...

On Saturday, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that the country would reopen its borders to tourists in July.

Early on Saturday, French law enforcement arrested genocide suspect, Felicien Kabuga. Kabuga – a Hutu – is believed to be the main financier of the Rwandan genocide that killed between ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on Sunday to "stay alert" to coronavirus risks, as he prepared to outline plans for gradually easing lockdown measures that have shuttered ...

On Wednesday, May 6, the European Union (EU) released its Spring 2020 Economic Forecast, which concluded that the 27-country alliance would “experience a recession of historic proportions” with an uncertain ...

Germany has been pointed to as a Western success in its management of the global novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak and on Wednesday, April 6, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the ...

In an emotional interview with British tabloid The Sun, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson recalls the uncertainty and fear surrounding his battle with COVID-19.

After being discharged from hospital two weeks ago, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to work on Monday, April 27 after contracting a severe case of COVID-19.

The government of the United Kingdom wants to implement widespread antibody testing to determine who has been exposed to the coronavirus to ascertain who can safely come out of quarantine. ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from the hospital on Sunday after several days spent in intensive care battling COVID-19.

As Spain struggles to get through the COVID-19 crisis, the country’s leftwing government is considering implementing Universal Basic Income (UBI) to help its citizens weather the resulting economic hardships. Go ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left the intensive care unit (ICU). Although transferred out of the ICU, Johnson continues to recover from COVID-19 at St Thomas’ Hospital and ...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to be in a stable condition after spending several nights in the intensive care unit (ICU) for the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV2), said ...

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson was brought to an intensive care unit in London on Monday, April 6 after being hospitalized hours earlier for persistent coronavirus symptoms. He ...

On March 27, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus. On Sunday, he was admitted to the hospital.

In Italy, there is cautious optimism that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak is now over for the country. As the nation with the most recorded deaths due to the ...

Although the government of Sweden has advised its citizens to practice social distancing, work from home if possible and pay special attention to protecting the elderly during the novel coronavirus ...

The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Italy officially passed the 10,000 mark with 10,023 fatalities reported as of March 28.

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has tested positive for COVID-19.

Spain’s novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing the COVID-19 disease, death toll numbers has surpassed China’s after the biggest one-day jump of 7,457 new cases and 738 new deaths reported ...

Italy reported 743 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), on March 24, recording its second-highest daily record since the beginning of the outbreak in the ...

On March 23, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged citizens to stay home in an effort to curb the transmission of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) in the country.

Italy recorded 651 deaths from the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) on March 22, a decrease compared to a day earlier with 793 deaths.

In the biggest increase in a single day since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy reported 627 deaths from the coronavirus on March 20.

The number of deaths in Italy due to the coronavirus is now higher than that of China, surpassing 3,400.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a new quantitative easing (QE) program to help the European economy deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

Italy’s Department of Civil Protection said the death toll from the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) rose to 2,503 on March 17, an increase of 16% with a total of 31,506 cases ...

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have gone interplanetary as the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities announced they were postponing a planned mission ...

On Monday, Russia’s Constitutional Court approved a set of constitutional amendments, including a reset of President Vladimir Putin’s presidential term count.

Thursday was a tipping point. It felt that way when I woke that morning. United States President Donald Trump spoke to the US on Wednesday from the Oval Office to ...

Three European Union nations and the United Kingdom have recorded their single-day highest death toll from the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19 disease, on March 15. A spike ...

Forty-six million citizens in Spain are on lockdown after the government in Madrid imposed measures to contain the novel coronavirus. Speaking in a televised address on Saturday, Prime Minister Pedro ...

Late on Monday, March 9, Spanish officials announced that they would be closing schools in the capital city of Madrid and the surrounding region for two weeks, starting Wednesday. Go ...

United Kingdom health minister and Conservative Party MP Nadine Dorries is the first British politician to be diagnosed with the coronavirus as of March 10. Dorries first showed symptoms on ...

The whole of Italy is now on lockdown, with about 60 million inhabitants forced to stay home until the coronavirus outbreak is contained.

Following China’s example after the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, Italy has decided to quarantine some 16 million people. In recent weeks, the areas surrounding Milan and Venice have been ...

President Vladimir Putin has recommended an amendment to the Russian constitution that would officially define marriage as being between a man and a woman. This wording, which would essentially ban ...

Italy’s health authorities will be setting up a new quarantine red zone, as numbers of coronavirus fatalities jumped to 79 on March 3. Lombardy, the northern region of the country, ...

The final two stages of the 2020 United Arab Emirates cycling tour has been canceled after two Italian staff members of one of the participating teams were found to have ...

On Tuesday, the Scottish Parliament voted to advance legislation that would make women’s sanitary products, including pads and tampons, completely free. The legislation, called Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Bill, ...

Early on Tuesday, clashes broke out between police and protesters on the Greek Island of Lesbos as residents set fire to bins and used municipal rubbish trucks to try to ...

On Sunday, the Belgian city of Aalst held its traditional carnival, which for the second year in a row included stereotypical depictions of Jews. The satirical carnival took place despite ...

Italian authorities have urged residents not to panic-buy as cases of coronaviruses in the north of the country increased to at least 229. In the city of Milan, local supermarket ...

The global danger posed by the coronavirus continues to strengthen as Europe and the Middle East face an increased threat. Over the weekend, Italian officials announced that there was a ...

On Saturday, February 15, English television personality Caroline Flack hung herself in the midst of a personal scandal that had become regular fodder for the British press. In the week ...

A gunman has killed nine people after a shooting at two different hookah lounges in the western German city of Hanau. The suspect fled the scene and was found dead ...

On February 2, 2020, the European Schengen Area updated its rules for multiple-entry Schengen visas. These visas allow visitors to freely move between the 26 countries within the Schengen Area, ...

The United Kingdom Home Office proceeded with the deportation of convicted offenders to Jamaica on February 10, despite a last-minute court ruling to overturn the decision. All of the deportees ...

Swiss voters have supported a referendum to make it illegal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation. In Sunday’s vote, voters were 63.1% in favor to 36.9% against ...

In efforts to fight climate change, more trees will be planted in urban areas throughout England by 2021. A number of projects in the United Kingdom’s Urban Tree Challenge Fund ...

China has reported another surge in cases of the coronavirus over the past few days, which has put the death toll at over 1,000 people. According to the Hubei Provincial ...

According to exit polling reports, Sinn Féin, a left-wing nationalist party, surged in popularity during Irish national elections on Saturday, February 8. The elections, which were held to elect representatives ...

On Wednesday, February 5, the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that Ireland-based airline Ryanair must pull “misleading” ads. Those ads claim that Ryanair flights produce the lowest carbon ...

Speaking to The Observer on February 1, Zden?k H?ib, the Mayor of Prague, said he was pushing plans that would ban property owners in the Czech capital from leasing out ...

On Friday, January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union after over three years of uncertainty and political upheaval. However, many unanswered questions remain, perhaps the biggest ...

Police in the United Kingdom have gained access to the London hostel where the Streatham attacker Sudesh Amman had been living. The 20-year-old Amman was shot dead by the police ...

On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union bloc after several years of negotiations, pushbacks and controversy. With many long-standing agreements no longer valid, it is now ...

At 11 p.m. local time on January 31, 2020, nearly three and a half years after the original Brexit referendum was voted on, the United Kingdom is set to leave ...

The Brexit deal has reportedly been backed by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) with 621 to 49 votes, allowing the United Kingdom to leave the European Union on January ...

Thousands of protestors took to the streets on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos in response to the country’s ongoing refugee situation. The protests come as migrant numbers ...

On Tuesday, January 21, Spain’s coalition government announced plans to drastically reduce its carbon emissions in response to the “national climate emergency.” The declaration, approved by the cabinet, says the ...

The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit immigration system will reportedly focus on immigrants’ skills instead of their country of origin. According to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the country’s immigration system will ...

On Saturday, January 18, around 250 German protesters spoke out in Berlin against American car manufacturer Tesla’s plans to build a Tesla Gigafactory, claiming that the construction of the plant ...

A low-emissions zone in Spain’s capital appears to have brought about a 10-year low in pollution, despite opposition from the city’s current mayor. The zone, known as Madrid Central, was ...

Russian economist and politician Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin has been elected as the country’s new prime minister, a day after the entire government resigned on January 15. Russia’s lower house of ...

On Wednesday, January 15, the Russian government announced a wave of resignations after President Vladimir Putin proposed changes to the constitution that would give more power to the cabinet, parliament ...

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have announced they will step back as ‘senior’ royals on January 8 and work to become financially independent. “After many ...

On Tuesday, January 7, Spain’s congress narrowly voted to reelect Pedro Sánchez, leader of the nation’s Socialist Party, as the nation’s prime minister. Sánchez had been acting as the country’s ...

Multiple members of a secretive Russian military group visited Spain in 2016 and 2017 in the lead up to the October 2017 vote for Catalan independence. It is believed that ...

On Sunday, December 29, a full prisoner swap took place between Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government, igniting hopes for an end to the five-year conflict. According to official figures, ...

According to Russia’s Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, Moscow has successfully created the world’s first hypersonic nuclear weapons. The weapons system, called Avangard, utilizes hypersonic technology in tandem with traditional ballistic ...

On Monday, December 9, The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from competing in international sports competitions for four years. WADA imposed the ban after an emergency meeting of ...

Russia's amended law on communications, information, information technologies, and information protection came into effect on November 1, allowing greater control over its citizen's access to online information. According to Radio ...